[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 75 (Thursday, May 12, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3903. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, 
Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations 
for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       On page 26, after line 21, add the following:
       Sec. 119J. (a) Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall submit to Congress a report assessing the 
     importance of collegiate aviation flight training operations 
     and the effect of such operations on the economy and 
     infrastructure of airports in the National Plan of Integrated 
     Airport Systems.
       (b) In the report required by subsection (a), the 
     Comptroller General shall include the following:
       (1) An assessment of the total capacity of collegiate 
     aviation flight training programs in the United States to 
     meet the needs of the United States to train commercial 
     pilots.
       (2) An assessment of the footprint of collegiate aviation 
     flight training operations at the airports in the United 
     States.
       (3) An assessment of whether infrastructure beyond that 
     necessary for operations of commercial air carriers is needed 
     at airports at which collegiate aviation flight training 
     operations are conducted.
       (4) If such infrastructure is needed, an estimate of the 
     cost of such infrastructure.
       (5) An identification of funding sources, available before 
     the date of the enactment of this Act or that may become 
     available after such date of enactment, that may be used to 
     construct such infrastructure.
       (6) Recommendations for improving technical and financial 
     assistance to airports to construct such infrastructure.
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